RIVERVIEW MAN CLAIMS $3,000,000 FLAMINGO FORTUNE TOP PRIZE

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that John Opliger, 35, of Riverview, claimed a $3 million top prize in the $3,000,000 FLAMINGO FORTUNE Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. Opliger chose to receive the winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $2,334,291.85.

Opliger purchased his winning $3,000,000 FLAMINGO FORTUNE Scratch-Off ticket from Publix, located at 18901 State Road 54 in Lutz. The retailer will receive a $6,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $20 Scratch-Off game, $3,000,000 FLAMINGO FORTUNE offers more than $150 million in total cash prizes. One of six $3 million top prizes remain to be won. The overall odds of winning are one-in-2.94.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 64 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $640 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2013-14.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERYThe Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $26 billion to education and sending more than 650,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests nearly 98 percent of its revenue back into Florida’s economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Florida retailers and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $37 billion in prizes and made more than 1,300 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.